An assistant manager at a Lakeville McDonald’s is accused of groping two employees, one of them an underage teen boy.

Marco Antonio Arevalo-Santiago, 27, of Richfield was charged May 1 by summons in Dakota County District Court with two counts of fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct, both gross misdemeanors.

He’s first due in court June 2.

Arevalo-Santiago told police he was just “playing” around with employees and ended up going too far, according to the criminal complaint against him.

According to the charges:

Arevalo-Santiago had numerous run-ins with sexual overtones with a new employee, a 16-year-old boy, from late 2013 to February 2014.

The incidents included allegedly putting his hand on the employee’s pocket, teaching the employee a “secret handshake” that Arevalo-Santiago said stood for sex, and cornering the employee in the bathroom and rubbing his stomach and hips.

At one point, Arevelo-Santiago also asked the employee if his “french fry” was at least 6 inches long, according to the charges.

A second employee told police that Arevalo-Santiago “routinely made suggestive and sexual comments to the staff” and inappropriately touched him about twice a week, according to the charges.

On one occasion, Arevalo-Santiago groped his crotch, the second employee said.

In interviews with police, Arevalo-Santiago admitted “verbally joking around with his employees about sexual matters.”

He said he slapped the second employee on the buttocks and touched his groin on one occasion, but said he didn’t play around with the younger employee because of his age, according to the charges.

He told police he wanted to apologize for his actions because he went too far, the charges said.

Arevalo-Santiago has no criminal history in Minnesota, according to court records.

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